Honestly, not as good as The Shining, although still quite enjoyable. Sadly I looked up the plot to the movie (or was it the book?) a couple months ago for some reason, so I knew all that was gonna happen. Yes, I know, *everyone* knows that it's about a girl named Carrie who gets pig blood dumped on her during prom and kills everyone, but that's not the same as knowing that she's invited to the prom with good intentions and so on.

Still, it was good, and I liked how it cut between articles/book excerpts/interviews and a regular narrative, although the book could have formatted this way better (it says 2006 but this does not look like a book published that late, I can only assume nothing has changed since it was originally published).
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3.5 Stars ( )

I thought the first part, half of the second part, and the third part was fun to read, but then it got overly descriptive in the final half of the second part and that was the only thing I wasn't interested in.

I will say I did feel bad for Carrie at first, but after what she did, not really. ( )

I really enjoyed this one! I am a bit surprised by just how much I liked it and am kicking myself for waiting so long to read this book. I think that I have seen pieces of the movie but have never sat down to watch the whole thing so I wasn’t overly familiar with the story. I have only read a handful of King’s work and I thought it would be interesting to go back and read his debut novel. I have to say that his talent was evident from the beginning.

I felt bad for Carrie right from the start. Her home life was absolutely horrible and the way that she was treated at school only made things worse. Carrie lives with her extremely religious mother and is forced to follow a harsh set of rules. After an incident in the high school locker room, Carrie is ready to push back against her mother. Things reach a climax at the high school prom when Carrie is crowned queen. She has recently rediscovered her telekinetic power and she has had enough. By the time the night is over, it will be a night the town will never forget.

I thought that Sissy Spacek did a fantastic job with the narration. This isn’t the first time that Ms. Spacek has brought this character to life and I thought that she was the ideal choice to voice this audiobook. I thought that she was able to add just the right amount of emotion and excitement to her reading. I do believe that her performance added to my overall enjoyment of this story.

I would not hesitate to recommend this book to others. This is one of King’s shorter works but it packs a big punch. I ended up listening to this book in a single day simply because I didn’t want to put it down. I cannot wait to read more of this author’s work. ( )

Příběh dospívající dívky s telekinetickými schopnostmi. Carrie Whiteová se snaží dostat zpod vlivu fanatické matky, její spolužačky si ji krutě dobírají, a ona rozpoutá svou děsivou sílu nad malým novoanglickými městečkem Chamberlainem...